Eriksson set to face board

Monday 26 July 2004 23:00 BST

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is facing an emergency meeting of the FA board as the controversy over his private life grows.

The next meeting of the 12-man board is not until 26 August, eight days after England's next game against the Ukraine, but councillors want Eriksson to explain his behaviour before the start of the new season.

They want to know why he allowed the FA to deny his affair with secretary Faria Alam, only to be forced into an embarrassing U-turn a week later.

There have been calls for Eriksson to be fired, but that would be costly in terms of a pay-off.